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  Washington DC (UPI) May 3, 2021 Boeing's Starliner spacecraft may finally get off the ground for its second flight following an issue with the craft's propulsion system. The capsule, designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, is set to launch on its second uncrewed test flight on May 19, company officials confirmed during a teleconference on Tuesday. The mission, Orbital Flight Test-2, is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, in this case with the agency contracting Boeing and SpaceX to ... read more |
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Rocket Lab catches rocket booster returning from space with helicopterLong Beach CA (SPX) May 02, 2022 Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched its 26th Electron mission, deploying 34 satellites to orbit. Rocket Lab has now deployed a total of 146 satellites to orbit with the Electron laun ... more 
Successful test launch a giant leap for rocketry teamSydney, Australia (SPX) May 03, 2022 Students of the University of Sydney's rocketry society, the USYD Rocketry Team, have their eyes firmly set on gold after successfully launching their 2022 competition rocket in New South Wales's fa ... more 
British rocket company calls for Iceland to grant licence for landmark launchEdinburgh UK (SPX) May 03, 2022 British rocket company Skyrora has called on the Icelandic government to grant the licence that would end a months-long delay to Europe's largest-ever suborbital rocket launch, originally set for Se ... more 
Aphelion Aerospace completes rocket engine development testLakewoood CA (SPX) May 03, 2022 Aphelion Aerospace is proud to announce reaching a major milestone in developing the company's commercial launch services with the completion of critical propulsion system testing. The team recently ... more |
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Rocket Lab pushes back attempt of mid-air booster catch to SundayOrlando FL (UPI) May 01, 2022 Citing weather concerns, Rocket Lab pushed back its 26th launch Friday with plans to attempt to recover a first-stage booster with a helicopter on Sunday. "The weather has improved through the ... more 
HyPrSpace raises 1M euro in seed funding to develop reusable hybrid micro-launcherBordeaux, France (SPX) Apr 29, 2022 HyPrSpace, a startup specializing in the design of space launchers, has announced that it has raised euro 1.1 million from the Geodesic fund, the French Tech Seed fund managed on behalf of the Fren ... more 
FAA delays SpaceX Starship environmental review for 4th timeWashington DC (UPI) Apr 29, 2021 The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday that it has delayed its environmental review of SpaceX's Starship launch site in Texas for a fourth time. ... more 
SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from FloridaOrlando FL (UPI) Apr 29, 2022 Space X launched another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit late Friday afternoon. A Falcon 9 rocket carried 53 satellites into space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40 ... more |
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China launches multiple satellitesJiuquan, China (XNA) Apr 29, 2022 China successfully sent two satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Friday. The satellites, Siwei 01 and 02, were launched by a Long March 2C carri ... more  
China opens Shenzhou-13 return capsuleBeijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2022 On Tuesday, China opened the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship which carried three astronauts back to Earth on April 16, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Ite ... more 
US Judge denies Musk bid to scrap SEC deal barring him from tweeting about Tesla stakeWashington (Sputnik) Apr 28, 2022 Elon Musk on Wednesday lost his legal challenge against a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) order restricting him from tweeting about his stake in the electric car manufacturer Tesla, with ... more 
Vega-C: Launcher integration begins for inaugural flight VV21Paris (ESA) Apr 27, 2022 Launcher integration for the inaugural flight of Vega-C began with the P120C solid-fuel first stage being delivered to the Vega Launch Zone (Zone de Lancement Vega, or ZLV) at Europe's Spaceport in ... more |
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Canada's first commercial spaceport lists on the NEO Exchange as Maritime Launch ServicesToronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 27, 2022 NEO is proud to welcome Maritime Launch Services Inc., a Canadian-owned commercial space company, as they list today on the NEO Exchange. Maritime Launch is now available for trading on NEO under th ... more 
SpaceX launches its latest crew to ISS for NASAWashington (AFP) April 27, 2022 Days after a SpaceX Dragon capsule crewed by wealthy adventurers splashed down off Florida's coast, another launched Wednesday, this time for a NASA mission to the International Space Station. ... more 
NASA Chief slams China's refusal to cooperate with USWashington (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2022 China continues to display a lack of transparency and willingness to cooperate with the United States and other countries in space, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Tuesday. "We want coo ... more 
NASA's moon rocket, spacecraft return for repair after scrubbed testWashington DC (UPI) Apr 26, 2021 NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission arrived safely at Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida, the agency said Tuesday. ... more 
Xi Focus: Invigorating China's space exploration dreamBeijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2022 On April 24, 1970, a young man in a village in Northwest China's Shaanxi province was thrilled to get the news that China sent its first satellite Dongfanghong 1 into space. That young man, Xi ... more |
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 Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) May 03, 2022 
The Emirates Mars Mission, the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, today released stunning images of Mars' enigmatic discrete auroras, following a series of revolutionary observations that promise new answers - and new questions - about the interactions between Mars' atmosphere, the planet's magnetic fields and the solar wind.
The observations include a never-bef ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 04, 2022  Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, recently received samples of the lunar surface that have been curated in a freezer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston since Apollo 17 astronauts returned them to Earth in December 1972.
This research is part of the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis Program, or ANGSA, an eff ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) May 01, 2022 
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission's 40th close pass by the giant planet on Feb. 25, 2022. The large, dark shadow on the left side of the image was cast by Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
Citizen scientist Thomas Thomopoulos created this enhanced-color image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument (Figure A). At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno sp ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) May 04, 2022 
As the scientific community searches for worlds orbiting nearby stars that could potentially harbor life, new Southwest Research Institute-led research suggests that younger rocky exoplanets are more likely to support temperate, Earth-like climates.
In the past, scientists have focused on planets situated within a star's habitable zone, where it is neither too hot nor too cold for liquid s ... more |
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 Long Beach CA (SPX) May 02, 2022  Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched its 26th Electron mission, deploying 34 satellites to orbit. Rocket Lab has now deployed a total of 146 satellites to orbit with the Electron launch vehicle.
The "There And Back Again" mission also saw Rocket Lab complete a mid-air capture of the Electron booster with a helicopter for the first time. After launching to space, Electron's first ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2022 
On Tuesday, China opened the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship which carried three astronauts back to Earth on April 16, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Items carried by the spacecraft, including crop seeds, 8K high-definition memory card storing images and videos taken by the astronauts in orbit, commemorative stamps, and paintings by Hong Kong teenager ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 04, 2022 
As the spring season continues, May could prove to be of great interest for stargazers and space enthusiasts - with a pair of potentially active meteor showers opening and closing the month.
"Meteors aren't uncommon," Bill Cooke said, who leads NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "Earth is bombarded every day by millions of bit ... more |
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 Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 
The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the laser beam.
The February demonstration marked the first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weap ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) April 27, 2022 
NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring a second batch of one of its most advanced missile defence systems despite the war in Ukraine.
The comments on state television late Tuesday by the head of Turkey's military procurement agency underscore Ankara's efforts to maintain good relations with Moscow during the conflict.
The agency and its chief, Ismail Demir ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2022 
Saturn's moon Titan looks very much like Earth from space, with rivers, lakes, and seas filled by rain tumbling through a thick atmosphere. While these landscapes may look familiar, they are composed of materials that are undoubtedly different - liquid methane streams streak Titan's icy surface and nitrogen winds build hydrocarbon sand dunes.
The presence of these materials - whose mechani ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
From designing new biomaterials to novel photonic devices, new materials built through a process called bottom-up nanofabrication, or self-assembly, are opening up pathways to new technologies with properties tuned at the nanoscale. However, to fully unlock the potential of these new materials, researchers need to "see" into their tiny creations so that they can control the design and fabricatio ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2022 
AstroAccess, an organization dedicated to promoting disability inclusion in space exploration, has announced that they will be flying a second cohort of Disabled Ambassadors on a Zero Gravity Corporation flight to experience weightlessness and investigate microgravity accessibility solutions.
This follows the historic inaugural AstroAccess flight of twelve individuals in October 2021. Astr ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 04, 2022 
Nearby black holes and their stellar companions form an astrophysical rogues' gallery in this new NASA visualization.
Stars born with more than about 20 times the Sun's mass end their lives as black holes. As the name implies, black holes don't glow on their own because nothing can escape them, not even light. Until 2015, when astronomers first detected merging black holes through the spac ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 04, 2022 
Soft, pneumatic actuators might not be a phrase that comes up in daily conversations, but more likely than not you might have benefited from their utility. The devices use compressed air to power motion, and with sensing capabilities, they've proven to be a critical backbone in a variety of applications such as assistive wearables, robotics, and rehabilitative technologies.
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 Beijing (AFP) April 27, 2022 
The world's largest drone maker DJI has said it will pause all business operations in Russia and Ukraine, in a rare public suspension by a Chinese firm since Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.
Russia has been hit with an avalanche of sanctions over the war and many Western multinationals have pulled out of the country.
Beijing has refused to condemn the invasion, however, and Chinese co ... more |
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